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If I had to pick between US or Russian influence in this manner, I'd take the US. Not that it has to be one or the other, but as long as they're going to duke i

• truthhurts1 2y ago
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• mardifoufs 2y ago
  I guess that's true for westerners. Not sure people that got the short end of the american interventionist stick would agree.
  • knowaveragejoe 2y ago
    I'd argue it's true for most people with access to the wider internet. Despite it's flaws and misadventures, the US is clearly the preferable destination to the diasporas of the world, and that preference should tell you something.
    • mardifoufs 2y ago
      As a destination, I agree. It's not even close. Becoming an American citizen is much much better regardless of where you come from. But if you can't do that, and you live outside the west, america is much much more likely to spy/intervene/drone/bomb your country than Russia. The chances are still rather tiny, especially outside of the middle east. But the US does it a lot more than Russia. Not because Russia doesn't want to mind you, just because they don't have the resources or technology to drone strike/spy/intercept anyone they want to outside of China/Russia.